Do you tan?

[Danimal77]

Well, do you? It feels like such wasted potential to spend all that time becoming a muscle hunk (no homo) and losing out on the extra definition that a solid tan confers. It's a loss for the sluts and the schmoes alike.

So do you tan?

I try to in the summer. Either by lounging around my pool or on my balcony (top floor baby). When I was younger (late teens/early 20's) I hit the tanning beds at the gym.

[HavoX]

I used a special booth back in the day. Only used partial uv rays, was getting ready for beach spring break. Anyway, tanned nicely was totally expecting to not burn in the sun... Burnt like a piece of salmon on the foreman. 

[ProudVirgin69]

I'm gonna do 3-4 sessions in a tanning booth with some Melanotan-II.... how important is it to use a tanning lotion?  I was probably just gonna rub myself down with some coconut oil instead

[The Scott]

Do I tan?  Nope.  It is due to my predominately eeeeevile caucasional heritage that I am sorely lacking in melanin and therefor it takes a minimum of three or four months of gradually increasing solar exposure (starting at 30 seconds and advancing to maybe an hour over that three or four month period  ) to get a tan that will last maybe a few days once I stop exposure.

I wish I could tan.  Burn and peel, baby.  That's my lot.   

[Eric2]

Well up in my neck of woods, just below beautiful Vancouver,BC. We only see a few months of real sunshine a year. Mostly a large layer of grey clouds and rain. So I tend to run towards Las Vegas at least twice a year to get a shot of Sunday's. I go to my local gym Nd hit the stand up tan booth for a few weeks before I go so I don't burn like a hotdog at the pool. I know it's not healthy to do but you sure look better with a good tan.

[Icelord]

Wiggs don't need no tanning bed.

[Wiggs]

Wiggs don't need no tanning bed.

No, I guess it's good for saving money. I enjoy being chocolate. I get energy from the Sun through my skin.

[Mr. MB]

No more. Ended up having 1/4 of my forehead removed from too much sun....mela fucking noma. A second one almost cost me an ear.

Stay out of the sun.

[Big Chiro Flex]

I'm gonna do 3-4 sessions in a tanning booth with some Melanotan-II.... how important is it to use a tanning lotion?  I was probably just gonna rub myself down with somecoconut oil instead

Much better idea. save your money, cologne infused lotions don't make a diff in my opinion from regular lotions. You just want your skin to be hydrated. (I consider myself a semi-expert tanner.)

[Dr Kincaid]

are tanning beds even safe?

[booty]

are tanning beds even safe?

No they aren't. It's artificial light for one. Fluro lights are bad for the skin as well

[Bertha Butt]

I look like a reversed black face, milky white skin, though lucky enough to not have those disgusting blue veins.

No tanning for me, I'm as pale as a fish belly, with blue veins... 
Oh, and a lot of freckles... 

There's not much sun here in Northern Europe, so I tan once a week.

And even this little bit of sun is enough for me to burn to blisters. 'Luckily' before the burning starts, the sun allergy kicks in. Add some hay fever (grass) to that and yes, I love summer... 

[The Wizard of Truth]

I live in Ireland so yup I tan

[Archer77]

No they aren't. It's artificial light for one. Fluro lights are bad for the skin as well

What's the difference between artifical and natural light?  

[DroppingPlates]

No tanning for me, I'm as pale as a fish belly, with blue veins... 
Oh, and a lot of freckles... 

And even this little bit of sun is enough for me to burn to blisters. 'Luckily' before the burning starts, the sun allergy kicks in. Add some hay fever (grass) to that and yes, I love summer... 

Let me guess...

[booty]

Makes the difference between artifical and natural light?  

I read an article in readers digest years ago about how artifical light is worse than the sunlight. An example is melanomas being on the bottom of the feet... Where it never sees the sun.

[Archer77]

I read an article in readers digest years ago about how artifical light is worse than the sunlight. An example is melanomas being on the bottom of the feet... Where it never sees the sun.

I was curious whether it was the spectrum of light used in tanning beds.  I read the same thing but I don’t remember exactly what the reason was.

[ESFitness]

No, I'm a Republican.

[Simple Simon]

I read an article in readers digest years ago about how artifical light is worse than the sunlight. An example is melanomas being on the bottom of the feet... Where it never sees the sun.

mmm.... that may mean that melanomas are not sun dependant. 
You can get skin cancer regardless of the sun.

[booty]

I was curious whether it was the spectrum of light used in tanning beds.  I read the same thing but I don’t remember exactly what the reason was.

I don't recall what it was either. But I am glad others have read this as well.

[booty]

mmm.... that may mean that melanomas are not sun dependant. 
You can get skin cancer regardless of the sun.

No they aren't. They also can be hereditary.

[Bertha Butt]

Let me guess...

More like this, but hair somewhat darker.

[FermiDirac]

Did 2 hours of tanning yesterday, didn't turn into a cooked lobster,'twas a good day. 

[Big Chiro Flex]

Tanning in moderation can absolutely have beneficial health effects.

[DroppingPlates]

More like this, but hair somewhat darker.

Lovely